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Events at Smith

Bike Mechanics Workshop Series: Shifting Systems
May 1, 2011
The Bike Kitchen at Smith College is hosting another Bike Mechanics Workshop Series. Ever wonder how the gears on your bike work? Come and find out! The workshops are free and open to the public. No experience necessary. Participants may bring their own bike, or may use a bike provided by Bike Kitchen.
Talbot House Basement
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Opening Reception: Designs For Ward 3- A Resilient Northampton Community
May 7, 2011
Please join us for the ARS/LSS 389: Broad-scale Design and Planning Studio final exhibit. The exhibit will run from May 7th until May 20th.
Nolen Art Lounge
7:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Lecture: Vandana Shiva "The Rights on Mother Earth"
May 2, 2011
Born in India in 1952, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental leader and thinker. Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India's leading physicists. In 2010, she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her commitment to social justice.The founder of Navdanya ("nine seeds"), a movement promoting diversity and use of native seeds, she also set up the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology in her mother's cowshed in 1997. Its studies have validated the ecological value of traditional farming and been instrumental in fighting destructive development projects in India. Free and Open to the Public Wheelchair Accessible. Sponsored by the Elizabeth W. Bruss Readership and the Women's and Gender Studies Department.
Amherst College, Earth Sciences Building, Paino Lecture Hall
7:30 pm

Film: Queen of the Sun- What are the Bees Telling Us?
May 4, 2011
This film is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, acclaimed director of the grass-roots hit THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Amherst Cinema, Amherst, MA
7:30 pm

Author Lecture: America's Climate Problem- The Way Forward
May 6, 2011
PERI's Environmental Working Group presents a talk by leading environmental economist Robert Repetto. Dr. Robert Repetto taught environmental economics at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and served as vice president of the World Resources Institute. He will discuss his new book "America's Climate Problem: The Way Forward," which in clear, accessible language how a sensible national policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can bring about a transition to clean energy sources while preserving healthy economic growth and high standards of living.
UMASS Amherst, 418 N. Pleasant Street, Gordon Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
1:30 pm

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